Navigating my way round town, getting lost and finding places like this has led me to fall in love with London and its various characters through the city.

As much as I have become a cycle advocator – I am not so sure this would have happened if I had been cycling through underground tubes without gaining my bearings and experiences along the way.

A cause as worthy as cycling deserves to be looked at in higher esteem than to be buried below the life of London town. The visibility of a scheme is surely a high factor in its success.

For instance, cycling in Amsterdam is unmissable and the best way to get around there. My parents came up to London from New Zealand over Christmas and were amazed at the number of cyclists on the roads here in London because they SAW them. They would not have seen them if they were underground. They have gone back with that memory.

Re-balancing bikes and cars on the ground-level should come first I believe. If this is too much to ask for then move the cyclists closer to the Gods perhaps and give them a fantastic view as they glide through the city airspace!

Apologies for the narrators dull tone of voice but perhaps the words and imagery may cheer up some of the cycling blues in this strong winter weather.
– this ditty published in the ‘Kansas Cycler’ in 1895 celebrates the bicycle against its adversaries the church bishops who feel the lack of church goers is down to the dreaded bicycle……

http://www.goldenoldy.org/mp3/LadyBikeGirl.mp3

bit like computer gaming on the street,….another call for more activities for the youth generation.

glad you are still around to write this blog tom!